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Andrea McGinty, founder of 33000Dates.com and It's Just Lunch, has spent more than 30 years helping people find lasting love. Her proven strategies have led to 33,000 first dates and over 10,000 marriages. Author of the bestselling 2ND ACTS and featured by Oprah, Forbes, and The Wall Street Journal, Andrea believes: Love isn't luck. It's strategy.

Latest Posts By Andrea McGinty

2 years ago

7 Tips to Crush Online Dating for January 2025

January: the Olympics of “new year, new me” chaos, is coming in hot. And guess what? You’ve got two weeks to plan your winning strategy. Wait… who am I kidding? The race already started, and you’re jogging in place with a cookie in hand. Yes, enjoy the holidays…

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2 years ago

How Sharp Is Your Love Radar? True or False Edition!

December is here, and the festive season isn’t just for shopping sprees – it’s also prime time for self-reflection and goal-setting, especially in the dating world. Since Black Friday, I’ve been chatting with new and long-time dating clients preparing for January’s dating surge…

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2 years ago

What Does October Theory Have to Do with Dating? A Lot, It Seems!

I was already working on this article over the weekend, when yesterday, I stumbled on a piece of writing published in the Wall Street Journal, titled “October is the Time to Reset Goals” by Ann-Marie Alcantara. I was amazed by the coincidence and thought…

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2 years ago

11 Awful Opening Lines You Need to Delete from Your Online Dating Profile

When it comes to online dating profiles, I’ve realized that intelligence has nothing to do with writing a good paragraph about yourself. In fact, there are times I feel there is an inverse correlation between intelligence and online dating…

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2 years ago

Quiz: Will Your Date Think You Have a Sense of Humor?

Well, you probably think you have a sense of humor (SOH). And on a coaching call, you tell me that. Or you tell me how none of your dates have a sense of humor. This sense of humor thing has been going on for over 25+ years, that is, most of my career…

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2 years ago

8 Unmistakable Signs That You May Have Met the Perfect Match

Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you walked away and suddenly felt a sense of freedom? Perhaps it was a toxic workplace, a harmful relationship, or distancing yourself from a negative friend. The outcome, however…

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2 years ago

Should You Go on a Second Date?

Deciding whether to go on a second date can be a tough decision. After meeting for lunch, you may have found the interaction enjoyable but lacking that special spark. Perhaps during a drinks date, you were attracted to your date but felt like they dominated…

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2 years ago

The 5 Types You Should Never Date

One great advantage of celebrating another birthday is gaining another year of wisdom. (So many of my clients had June birthdays and this got me thinking). With our accumulated life experiences, we should be able to recognize certain patterns…

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2 years ago

Why You Probably Won’t Meet Someone with Online Dating

Let’s be honest here. Online dating is a visual platform, and if you’re still using the same old photos from years ago, well, it’s like Einstein said: “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results…

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2 years ago

Let’s Share Some of Our Weird Dating Stories

You just can’t make this stuff up about first dates. And I have had front-row seats every day – for the past 27 years.
Today I focus on stories men have told me recently. Why? 40% of my clients are male in their 50s to 80s and they get frustrated too with online dating…

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